Accounting February 6, 2026
AICPA News – Feb. 2026
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs, the Association of International CPAs, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
April 5, 2016
How Employee Dishonesty Bonds Can Save A Small Business
Also known as commercial crime bonds, it can be difficult to grasp their importance for the smooth operation of business. They are a type of fidelity surety bond that protects your business from dishonesty, fraud, theft, forgery and embezzlement that ...
April 5, 2016
CFOs Becoming More Strategic
As further evidence that the role of CFO is becoming less tactical and more strategic, the survey found that only 8% of CFOs, or teams reporting directly to the CFO, are spending the bulk of their time closing the books each month. By contrast, the ...
April 5, 2016
New Guidance Looks At Financial Management and Controllership
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Financial Management and Controllership combines expert analysis and practical, day-to-day guidance for financial managers and controllers, incorporating sample statements, budgets, disclosures, customizable checklists, ...
March 31, 2016
Millennials, Boomers and Xers Are Confident in 2016 for Small Business
Millennials are the most positive about the business economy, with 62% reporting they’re more confident in the financial health of their business than last year. Gen Xers and Baby Boomers agree, 59% respectively report that they are more confident ...
March 31, 2016
Add Stock vs. Asset Sale as a Parameter to Business Valuation Engagements
Most, if not all American professional business appraisal standards are silent on the matter of the structure of the sale – an asset sale or stock sale. There are numerous reasons for the omission of the explicit consideration of transaction ...
March 31, 2016
CFOs Lower Expectations for Revenue, Earnings, Spending and Hiring
Global economic performance and equity market valuations are off to a rocky start in 2016, according to Deloitte’s first quarter CFO Signals survey. CFOs’ expectations for revenue, earnings, capital spending and domestic hiring — tracked for 24 consecutive quarters by this survey — all declined, and are now at or near survey lows. Revenue growth...…
March 31, 2016
Are Small Business Owners Losing Faith In Presidential Candidates?
A new survey suggests that as the presidential primary progresses, small business owners are losing faith in candidates on both sides of the aisle.
March 30, 2016
Survey Shows Businesses Ditching Paper-Based Processes
The report found broad concern over paper-based processes, with cost (42 percent) and security (42 percent) cited as primary issues. 40 percent of Canadian respondents said cost reduction was the prime reason for digitization followed by improved ...
March 30, 2016
FASB Issues Guidance On Employee Share-Based Payments
Accounting for employee share-based awards was identified by the Private Company Council (PCC) as an area of concern among private company stakeholders. The PCC worked with the FASB to discuss and analyze the issues that private companies have ...
March 30, 2016
STEM Grads Starting Salaries Top List At $64K
Business majors land in the fourth spot, with a projected starting average of $52,236, an increase from the projected $51,508 for Class of 2015 graduates.
March 30, 2016
73% of U.S. Companies Report Payment Fraud Attempts in 2015
BEC scams, short for business email compromise, are an increasingly common type of fraud which greatly impacts wire fraud. In 2015, 64 percent of organizations were exposed to BEC scams. Though checks continue to be the payment method most targeted by ...
March 30, 2016
KPMG Tops Rankings for Forensic, Investigations, Data & Tech Management and Litigation Valuation
KPMG's Forensic practice helps organizations achieve the highest level of integrity and manage the cost and risk of litigation, investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions by assisting with the prevention, detection and response to fraud ...